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Etymology
Modern Latin, from AGr. polytonic|ἥλιο� �sun� (because its presence was first theorised in the sun's atmosphere).

Pronunciation
AHD|h�'l��m, IPA|/�hi�lɪ�m/, SAMPA|/"hi:li@m/

Hyphenation
:he·li·um

Noun
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1. A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.

Derived terms
top2
heliair
heliox
helium-3
helium-4
helium burning
helium dating
helium flash
mid2
helium fusion
helium speech
helium star
helium variable
liquid helium
orthohelium
parahelium

Related terms
helio-
Helios<!--the Greek sun god that helium is named after-->

Translations

Afrikaans: helium
Albanian: helium
Arabic: ARchar|������ (hílyum) m
Armenian: հէլիո�մ (h�lium)
Basque: helioa
Belarusian: гел�й (gelij) m
Bosnian: helij#Bosnian|helij m, helijum#Bosnian|helijum m
Breton: heliom m
Bulgarian: �елий (khélij) m
Catalan: heli
Chinese: 氦 (hài)
Cornish: helyum
Croatian: helij#Croatian|helij m
Czech: hélium n
Danish: helium
Dutch: helium n
Esperanto: helio, heliumo ???
Estonian: heelium
Faroese: helium
Finnish: helium
French: hélium m
Frisian: helium
Friulian: eli
Galician: helio
Georgian: ������� (heliumi)
German: Helium n
Greek, Modern: ήλιο (ílio) n
Hebrew: ����� (helyum)
Hungarian: hélium
Icelandic: helín
Interlingua: helium
Irish: héiliam
Italian: elio m
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Japanese: ���� (heriumu)
Kashmiri: (él)
Kazakh: гелий (gelii)
Korean: �륨 (hellyum)
Latin: helium
Latvian: h�lijs
Lithuanian: helis
Luxembourgish: helium
Macedonian: �ели�м (hélium) m
Malay: helium
Maltese: ilju
Manx: hailium
Mongolian: гели (geli)
Norwegian: helium
Polish: hel m
Portuguese: hélio m
Romanian: heliu n
Russian: гелий (gélij) m
Scottish Gaelic: hèiliam
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ели��м#Serbian|�ели��м m
:Latin: helijum#Serbian|helijum m
Slovak: hélium
Slovene: helij#Slovene|helij m
Spanish: helio m
Swedish: helium
Tamil: பரிதியம� (paridhiyam)
Thai: THchar|ฮี�ลียม (hīliam)
Turkish: helyum
Ukrainian: гел�й (hélij) m
Uzbek: гелий (geliy)
Vietnamese: heli
Welsh: heliwm

Synonyms
E939 when used as a packaging gas

External links
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/he.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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• 2007-10-27 15:27 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ *Czech

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